Creative Parenting!

I am all for creative parenting… for instance… How do you keep your daughter, who has learned to walk at a remarkable pace, safe AND quiet.  Placing her in her play-yard only reduces her to screams.  Just letting her roam the house finds her inevitably heading towards the bathroom!!  Our house is set up in such a way that you can’t really “baby gate” her in anywhere (though we can and do gate off the bathroom/hall entrance.  But we have a great room set up for the living dining and kitchen area.  Well… Our answer:  CHAIRS!!

Yep, when all else fails chair off the living room!  I give it another week or two before she starts to crawl over the top of the chairs, or to crawl through the legs.  She’s actually already tried to crawl through, just through the wrong spot!!  For now it’s working, I get a few minutes to put clothes away or to cook or what not. 

Now I’m searching for the answer to “What do you do when your daughter refuses to take a nap”… I’m thinking this one’s going to be a little more difficult to resolve!!

Happy day to you all

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